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Fool: General Scriptures Concerning

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Psalm 5:5 The boastful cannot stand in Your presence; You hate all workers of iniquity.
Psalm 14:1 For the choirmaster. Of David. The fool says in his heart, “There is no God.” They are corrupt; their acts are vile. There is no one who does good.
Psalm 53:1 For the choirmaster. According to Mahalath. A Maskil of David. The fool says in his heart, “There is no God.” They are corrupt; their ways are vile. There is no one who does good.
Psalm 74:18–22 Remember how the enemy has mocked You, O LORD, how a foolish people has spurned Your name. / Do not deliver the soul of Your dove to beasts; do not forget the lives of Your afflicted forever. / Consider Your covenant, for haunts of violence fill the dark places of the land.
Psalm 107:17 Fools, in their rebellious ways, and through their iniquities, suffered affliction.
Proverbs 1:7, 22 The fear of the LORD is the beginning of knowledge, but fools despise wisdom and discipline. / “How long, O simple ones, will you love your simple ways? How long will scoffers delight in their scorn and fools hate knowledge?
Proverbs 3:35 The wise will inherit honor, but fools are held up to shame.
Proverbs 9:6–8, 13–17 Leave your folly behind, and you will live; walk in the way of understanding.” / He who corrects a mocker brings shame on himself; he who rebukes a wicked man taints himself. / Do not rebuke a mocker, or he will hate you; rebuke a wise man, and he will love you.
Proverbs 10:1, 8, 10, 13, 14, 18, 23 The proverbs of Solomon: A wise son brings joy to his father, but a foolish son grief to his mother. / A wise heart will receive commandments, but foolish lips will come to ruin. / He who winks the eye causes grief, and foolish lips will come to ruin.
Proverbs 14:1, 7–9, 15 Every wise woman builds her house, but a foolish one tears it down with her own hands. / Stay away from a foolish man; you will gain no knowledge from his speech. / Fools mock the making of amends, but goodwill is found among the upright.
Proverbs 15:7, 20, 21 The lips of the wise spread knowledge, but not so the hearts of fools. / A wise son brings joy to his father, but a foolish man despises his mother. / Folly is joy to one who lacks judgment, but a man of understanding walks a straight path.
Proverbs 17:24, 25 Wisdom is the focus of the discerning, but the eyes of a fool wander to the ends of the earth. / A foolish son brings grief to his father and bitterness to her who bore him.
Proverbs 18:2, 6, 7 A fool does not delight in understanding, but only in airing his opinions. / A fool’s lips bring him strife, and his mouth invites a beating. / A fool’s mouth is his ruin, and his lips are a snare to his soul.
Proverbs 19:13 A foolish son is his father’s ruin, and a quarrelsome wife is like a constant dripping.
Proverbs 20:3 It is honorable for a man to resolve a dispute, but any fool will quarrel.
Proverbs 21:20 Precious treasures and oil are in the dwelling of the wise, but a foolish man consumes them.
Proverbs 26:3–12 A whip for the horse, a bridle for the donkey, and a rod for the backs of fools! / Do not answer a fool according to his folly, or you yourself will be like him. / Answer a fool according to his folly, lest he become wise in his own eyes.
Proverbs 29:9, 11 If a wise man goes to court with a fool, there will be raving and laughing with no resolution. / A fool vents all his anger, but a wise man holds it back.
Ecclesiastes 4:5 The fool folds his hands and consumes his own flesh.
Ecclesiastes 7:9 Do not be quickly provoked in your spirit, for anger settles in the lap of a fool.
Ecclesiastes 10:11–15 If the snake bites before it is charmed, there is no profit for the charmer. / The words of a wise man’s mouth are gracious, but the lips of a fool consume him. / The beginning of his talk is folly, and the end of his speech is evil madness.
Matthew 7:26, 27 But everyone who hears these words of Mine and does not act on them is like a foolish man who built his house on sand. / The rain fell, the torrents raged, and the winds blew and beat against that house, and it fell—and great was its collapse!”
Titus 3:3 For at one time we too were foolish, disobedient, misled, and enslaved to all sorts of desires and pleasures—living in malice and envy, being hated and hating one another.